Schizophrenic agendas in the EU's external actions in Mali.
Because of its geographical proximity to the EU, the Sahel region's perceived cross-border security threats of terror, migration and organized crime have become a top European security policy priority. Contributing to existing debates on EU external actions, the article develops the idea that the EU...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 96; no. 4; pp. 935 - 954 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2020
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